Aboveground 'subway' is comin' our way on East Side

A new, faster travel option for bus riders - a "surface subway" - will be launched along First and Second Aves. in October as part of a major city traffic overhaul, Mayor Bloomberg will announce Monday.

The plan is the city's biggest-ever push to revolutionize bus travel in New York, which has the most bus riders in North America - and the slowest bus travel speeds.